People v. Leteiza

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered April 28, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing her, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

On the existing record, which defendant has not sought to amplify by means of a motion pursuant to CPL article 440 (see, People v Rivera, 71 NY2d 705, 709), we conclude that defendant received effective assistance of counsel (People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137). The trial record does not establish that there would have been any merit to the…